Thread: Think Civics are **** ?

Originally Posted by fst4dr

I just have to put this out there!

someone mentioned a "4 banger" running 45 pounds of boost............ blah blah blah


But now lets play the game of take all those same "power adders" and put the equivalent on a v8.

I am not hating on this honda because to each his own and it does look like he put some work into it but there is still no replacement for displacement

Well thank you captain obvious. Most obvious statement ever. No **** a larger engine has a higher maximum potential. You have to consider the fact that v8 cars are also much more expensive from the factory. For example, take $35k, and buy a mustang gt, or whatever it costs. I'll take my $35k, assuming were paying sticker price for both cars, and buy a new cobalt ss (my car) costing $25k and use the extra $10k and put it into my car in mods. It will STOMP your stock v8. Point is, when money is no object, more displacement is better without a doubt. But dollar for dollar, a 4 cyl is a better deal, up until the point where you reach the maximum potential of the size of the engine.

It's all apples to oranges really. 500 dollars here, 2000 dollars there, Everybody knows that your car is what you put into it. Opinions are fine, nobody can fault you for an opinion. You dislike small displacement motors, fine. It's when a person carries their opinion over to ignorance that you start to run into problems. The no replacement for displacement argument is ignorant. The replacement is F/I, car companies, and car enthusiast alike have been replacing displacement for years.

Is it better? Well that's a loaded question, but for allot people, yes, it is better. Especially in these times. All I'm saying is, I hate to see people bash a honda because they feel that the displacement of it's motor makes it an inferior modding platform. Look into how much a b16, or an h22 swap costs. You might be surprised at how easy/cheap it is to mod one of these little hatches. It doesn't take tons of horsepower or torque to get a 1300 pound car down the track at some very respectable times.


EDIT: And if you're a GTP owner, and you're using the no replacement for displacement argument.....You need to read your owners manual. Turns out, you've been replacing displacement this whole time, who'd a guessed.

i have had a couple 4 banger cars a 1990 civic si hatch that was swaped as well as 2 other civics 2 e30 bmws and an old beater toyota corolaa rwd and 2 j bodys, it is true that all car company are using 4 bangers now like the buick regal and hyundai sonata both 4 banger turbo cars its all personal preference

Originally Posted by Slowpoke

EDIT: And if you're a GTP owner, and you're using the no replacement for displacement argument.....You need to read your owners manual. Turns out, you've been replacing displacement this whole time, who'd a guessed.

Originally Posted by fst4dr

wow


reading comprehension > a lot of you

your replacement for displacement is boost????????? NO! Boost a bigger engine and guess what...... its more powerful than a smaller engine with boost

Reading comprehension > YOU

Replacement doesn't mean "better". You're comparing a boosted large displacement motor with a boosted small displacement motor. Well sh*t, I guess you got a point there (sarcasm). And you come in here talking about reading comprehension? F/I is a replacement, substitute, used in lieu of displacement. The basis of the argument is that a smaller motor can make up for it's lack of size, by utilizing F/I. Allowing it to close the gap in hp/trq numbers with a larger displacement N/A motor. Nobody here is trying to say a boosted 4 cylinder has more potential then a boosted v8.

If you're going to run up on everybody pounding your chest and insulting our reading comprehension, at least present a valid argument.